UCLA set to face Sac State

Preview: UCLA will try to top 5,000 in attendance, battling Los Angeles traffic and a lackluster nonconference schedule. The Hornets will try to beat a major conference team for the first time since squeaking by Utah by three points last November. The two teams have met only once before, with UCLA winning in an 86-56 blowout on Dec. 23, 2005. Senior forward Travis Wear could make his season debut, having missed two games recovering from an appendectomy three weeks ago. He averaged 10.9 points and 5.2 rebounds last season, and scored in double figures in seven straight games. Sophomore center Tony Parker, who shed over 20 pounds this offseason, is coming off a career-high performance against Oakland. The former four-star recruit and McDonald’s All-American had 21 points and 12 rebounds last Tuesday, more than doubling his previous rebounding mark. He made 10 out of his 12 field goal attempts, staying out of foul trouble through 34 minutes on the court.